How many copies did Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue sell?

84k to 137k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue make?

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue?

Estimated owners: ≈ 84k–137k; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 90k–910k

best case 6.9M (NieR:Automata™)

Games like Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue

The middle of these games

≈ 90k–910k copies

≈ $704k–$11.6M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: NieR:Automata™ at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 217 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Anime (5 of 8) and Female Protagonist (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Female Protagonist, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut	$39.99	153k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 690k–1.1M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $947k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
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永远消失的幻想乡～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $329k–$884k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut	$10.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AnimeBullet Hell
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 226k–367k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $435k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $790k–$1.8M before the cut	$6.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAnime
Noctuary 2023	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $536k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $975k–$2.2M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CuteInteractive Fiction
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... 2021	Est. copies ≈ 703k–1.1M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $11.6M–$31.2M after Steam's cut $21.1M–$48.0M before the cut	$59.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity 2018	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Bullet HellAction